Gibbo: I Don't Want To Leave United

March 10, 2011

Darron Gibson has been given a few chances in the first team this season but by and large has been unimpressive. It would be unfair to single him out though, as many United fans have, given the poor displays we’ve watched so often from the likes of Darren Fletcher, Michael and Carrick and even Paul Scholes this season.

Plenty of reds would be more than happy if we could swap Gibson, plus money, for someone like Jack Rodwell this summer, including his International manager, Giovanni Trapattoni, who believes he needs to move to a club where he can play regularly. Gibson has other ideas though.

“I want to stay at Manchester United,” said Gibson. “I can see where Trapattoni’s coming from. If I’m playing every week he’s going to get the best out of me when I play for Ireland but at the moment I’ve got no ideas of moving anywhere else. I was always confident I could break into the team. I ended up doing that and I was lucky because not many players do break in. But I’ve got a long way to go yet to establish myself so I’m going to keep my head down and keep working hard. There is a lot more pressure for me because I’ve got to prove I can go in there and play every week. When I do go in there I can’t afford to play badly. I’ve got to impress so there is a lot more pressure.”

I think it was to do with age and international competencies - though you would have to check that out - it's something I let go of - the clubs word was enough

Again Tosic didn't work - Bellion didn't work - Manucho didn't work - Bebe might not work - Obertan might not work - Gibson might work

Ronaldo worked - Rooney worked until he found that dirty word called ambition - The Da Silva brothers are working - Nani worked - Anderson will hopefully follow suit - Smalling will work - Evans hopefully will find his feet again - Hernandez is on another planet!

Some make it some don't - it's part and parcel of management - I don't really buy so much into it - you want everyone to be brilliant but it's never going to be that way - you just carry on and hope that players will find themselves if not then the gaffer will sort it out

Excellent notes to be added, point 8 is genius. Done then, decree passed and is here by considered a new law. Platter and Platini are dismissed and are ordered to go and help farmers in poor countries... Their assignment is to train new comers on cow milking.

What do people think about the rumored hunt for Bale and what that means for the current team's composition? If we get Bale that means that we would have Bale, Nani, Valencia, Giggs and Park (obertan and bebe being left out of discussion for now as they are less involved currently). Bale never plays on the right so i'd assume he'd play on the left with Nani and Valencia rotating as first choice right-side players, which leads to the question will Nani (as arguably the PFA player of the year if he continues playing the way he has been) be open to this type of rotation?

Will SAF offload Park who has been a paragon of loyalty and United never say die spirit? What does that say to the other loyal players if he does?

Based upon the internet rumors here and there (rumored that Park almost played v. liverpool) it looks not unreasonable to expect that Park will play some part on sat, wouldn't even be shocked if he starts on either flank. He has been an Arsenal killer so seems to make sense to put him on but to come back for you first game back from injury to a game that will be incredibly intense may also not be prudent. My money is he comes on as an early impact sub if our makeshift wing formation isn't cutting it.

actually went to school with big 'Gibby' as he is known back in Derry. W
as obviously a class above all but a few of the lads on the school team at St Columb's College (Martin O'Neill's old school as well co-incidentally). Didn't know him particularly well but played on the same team as him a few times (at Gaelic football, if your interested)
Wish him all the best with whatever he does, whether it is his ground-breaking moves for members of the Nationalist community in the six northern counties of Ireland being allowed to play for the Republic at international level, or whether it is playing for Manchester United, biggest football club in the world.
Fair play to you and well done even playing competitively for Man United at all.

MG 22:04 great post. No one gets them all right but balance of quality signings / youth development and money spent / received.... Fergie is in a league of his own.

I don't see Gibbo getting a new contact offer or maybe only a pretty weak one that he may turn down. For me he would be a great signing for Balckburn / Fulham / Newcastle. Would get lots of games and preform well. In other words, he'll develope to his highest potential as a regular in a lower level prem team.

Oh you aint still going on about eikrem? Yes he could pass and was naturally gifted but I don't agree he had bulked up. He was twenty one and STILL like a matchstick and to be fair don't think he would have lasted two minutes in a first team game. Fergie may have had no doubting his talent it could have been mentality issues or anything. Whatever reason he didn't see a chance for him so that is good enough for me.

Regarding my earlier comments about morrison tunni and pogba I didn't mean not buy anyone and rely on these next season. No I would be happy to get a twenty four or five year old midfielder and blood these three in. I just don't know who there is who is available. Regarding old type box to boxers at the risk of boring people ryan tunnicilffe is that man for the future. Its what he does. Time and time again he picks the ball up on edge of our box and just drives at the opposition or makes seventy yard lung busting supprting runs. He also scores goals but most importantly he is a tough little bastards who will never back out of a fifty fifty. Him morrsion and pogba have much more of a chance than eikrem as they are better players at just eighteen.

Ha ha ha. Gotta laugh at the berties. Two fucking nil. They were awful yet the italian says they plaaaayed well and controlled the game. No they didn't kiev were a decent outfit and could have had three or four goals. City are poor. Disjointed and dzeko is shite. Platt is a fucking idiot and looks clueless. A gopher. A mug. All of them once again mancini platt and kiddo OUTSIDE the dressing room at half time ?? Then to cap it all that lazy bastard balotelli can't even be arsed turning out for the second half. Gopher platt has to go for him and he duly arrives as the teams have been restarted nearly a minute. You could not make it up. He looks so disinterested. The cunt wasn't up for it. For ten min he was holding his eye throat neck and so on then came off. A fucking disgrace and I would be embarrassed to be a city fan. They will not qualify as they aint gonna score three against this kiev side. No kiev are liklely to nick one thus the bitters needing four. Its fucking comedy gold.

King Eric.Watched the Stoke youth game and have to say when i saw Tunni run with the ball he DOES remind me of Keano.He is the captain of that team and deary me some of the lads got a real pasting when Stoke scored.A natural leader and a future midfield general.To be honest he looked like he'd play for the first team next week and wouldn't do very badly.All the 3 geniuses are coming along nicely physically too.Ravel seemed to track back on many occasions and that says something about his attitude now.Pogba has wonderful feet and seems to be able to get the ball out of impossible situations.Sir Alex and Carrick were watching as was Wilf McGuinness.People are genuinely excited about them.Them 3 along with Evans,Smalling,Rafa and hopefully Fabio and we have a very exciting future on our hands with more than half the team coming out of our academy.Bloody Excited mate.

Potential to be a decent (read: not even a good) squad player. In which case, what exactly is the point? John O'Shea has been at United all these years because of his versatility, Gibbo doesn't have it. He needs a loan perhaps, for a season at a promoted team so we can see what he can really do.

It doesn't sound like Gibbo would like that, but I guess that he would want to do what's best for him. If we liked what we saw, would he then return to United after that season? I wonder if he would then be more able to integrate, than if he was given an extended run here early next season. I think a loan is very unlikely.